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and Mr. Callaghan. I have voted for the Liberal Members ever since I can recollect almost." I only quote those passages to show what the House might not have taken for granted, that in quoting Mr. Lane's testi mony lam not adducing that of a partisan. It may be ne cessary also to state that there is in Cork a valuation of pro perty for local purposes of rating, and that every house of less than Si. va l ue i s exempted therefrom. The Parliamentary voter s who were householders in the City of Cork must have a qualification of 101., and must also be registered in its local assessments according to their holdings. Now Mr. Lane said that he was curious to know how many there were in that City who had voted as 10/. householders, and yet were rated at an inferior value. He produced three lists to the Committee, one containing the total number of persons registered on the poll books as 10/. householders in the city of Cork, who are valued in the city books under that sum. Of these there appeared 368 persons.—( Hear.) Another, con taining the names of persons registered to vote as 101. voters of th© city of Cork who do not appear as valued in the city books at any time, and were in fact not worth 5/. ; these amount to 112 persons. A third list contained the number of Persons also registered to vote as 10/. householders who wished to be excused appearing in the city books as not pos sessing 51., and were on appeal struck off, and not charged a ny city rates; these amounted to fifty-five persons. Here are 535 persons who took the oath in reference to the city a ssessments, that they were not competent, as not possessing 101. houses, vet still exercising the Parliamentary franchise as 10/. householders.—(Cheers.) Now I appeal to the Public judgment, ought such a state of things to be tolerated? --or ought we, when legislating for Ireland, and with such sad experience before our eyes, rush into arrangements that ould perpetuate temptations and practices so unwise and so injurious ?—( Cheers.) We read in Mr. Lane's evidence the qUestion— " You state that you in your judgment consider the ten- Pound qualification a good one, provided it be bona fide pos sessed? —Most decidedly. "Were persons registered as having a value of 10/., who afterwards swore that they had not out of the same premises a value of 51. ?—Yes. " And yet they remained upon the register after having so Morn ?—They did. " And do now remain on the register after an oath made by them respectively that they have not the value of U.—Yes." I say to the public read that evidence, and then uphold, defend, or advocate such disgraceful proceedings if you will.- - -(Cheers.) Another witness, Mr. John Young, delivers testimony to a similar effect. He made extensive researches to satisfy himself on this point, and communicated the result to the Committee in his examination of Feb. 19, 1838 : " Did you visit a person of the name of John Oakshott, in Ph illips.lane?—l " Did you see his shop ?-1 was in it. " You examined it ?—I did. " What is the highest value you would put upon that shop ? --2/• a year. " What description of shop is it ?—lt is a workshop ; he is a carpenter. " Does such a person as John Oakshott, in Phillips'-lane, appear to have been valued ?—No. ‘• Do you find John Oakshott upon the register do ; John Oakshott, carpenter, Phillip's-lane, city of Cork ; shop at Phillips's-lane; 101. householder; registered the 2d of No vember, 1832. Voted 1832 and in 1835. , You will find many persons, I fear, in other cities not coming under a n y l oca l rate , even for Si., yet voting, like John Oak -Bhott, for Members of Parliament, on oath that they were Worth 101. Am I, then, insulting the people of Ireland if I Wish, at the opening of a new era, to provide for more credit able proceedings ? The other question is, whether lam doing injustice to the Roman Catholic population, by the establish- Thent of a bona fide 101. franchise? The Hon. Member for Dublin refers to his city, as one that would be particularly in 4ured t h ere b y ; b ut, if y my information be correct—and I give It with considerable hesitation—he cannot have much to com plain of. My informant tells me that there were 1,654 10/. h ouseholders who vo'cd in 1835. Amongst this number, tint a 201. householder is counted. lam informed that of this number 353 gave Conservative votes, and 1,311 Libe -1;4- Again, in 1837, we find 719 101. householders voted o r West and Hamilton, while 1,799 voted for O'Connell. T hislinformation (which I have only received to-day) is totally inconsistent with the alarm of the Honourable Gen tleman. And I would seriously ask, is it possible that !here should be such a preponderance of Protestant 101. h ouseholders in the remaining- towns—such as Cork, Galway, and Limerick, as to exclude the Roman Catholics of that class in those towns from a fair share of the representation ? You s ly' you fear that the 101. franchise fairly taken would exclude the Roman Catholics. Supposing for a moment that your fears were well founded, I might have equal cause to be alarmed at the establishment of a 5/. franchise. I trust, how- ever, that neither party will have cause to fear, but that the 1 01. franchise will give to both parties a just and sufficient share of influence in the representation without operating in juriously to the exclusion of either in any town. As to the danger to the Roman Catholic interest, let me recal to the recollection of the Hon. Member for Dublin the line of argu tnent pursued by him before the concession of Roman Catho lic emancipation. We were not then told that the Protestant population preponderated. On the contrary, we were assured that the Roman Catholics preponderated in wealth, numbers, tecpectability, and industry, and as such their claims to relief acre put forth. One of the ablest books that appeared at that l'ariod was written by Mr. Scully, who dwelt especially on the , eal:h and respectability of the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Scully says that the Roman Catholics fully constitute five -sixths of tile entire population, and are as nine to one co mpared to the Protestants ; but this appears rather an ex travagant estimate. The Hon. Member for Dublin does not take into account in his objections that many who now register as freemen may then register as 101. householders. It appears t hat there are 14,500 houses in Dublin, and I cannot doubt that a 101. franchise would give you at the most a very re spectable constituency. The measure, snch as it is, is one of Mutual concession and compromise, for I was called on to 1 /lake sacr ifi ces as we ll as you, and feel in so doing I have Vle my duty. If you accept it—( Cries of " Never," from O'Connell's benches)—it may pass into a law that may lay the foundation of peace and good will in Ireland, and en sure for its towns that good local government which is so much to be desired for the welfare of all parties, and which it now !egg with you to attain.—(Cheers, cries of " Never," from Messrs. O'Connell, Sheil, &c.) . i .Lord J. RUSSELL very muc h regre tt e d that the Right T l n. Baron e t h a d, a f ter t h e cons id era ti o n he had bestowed on this y subje ct , t h oug h t proper to persevere i n hi s proposition. 410 larever he did not find fault with the grounds of his perseve ianes; on the contrary, he rejoiced that the Right Hon. Ba °net had placed it on the grounds of his desire to adopt a si milar f ranc hi se to that preferred for England and Scotland. s ut it was on t h e di ss i m il ar i ty of those grounds that he (Lord '. Russell) con t es t e d i t , b e li ev i ng th a t, i n t h e s t a te of the t in Ireland, it would be more calculated to keep alive b in 14▪ I 'neue distinctio n s than t o es t a blish a lasting peace and bar ti "Y. As to the Tithe question and that of the Appropria -01.1 clause, he wi s h e d t o reserve their discussion for a fitter op cPa_rtunity ; but he wished then to say that as to the Municipal orporatio ns Bill, he never intended that it should be taken 4 mitigati on , or b arga i n , or se t- o ff to any other Bill.— H ear“, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet was correct in Stating that those on the Ministerial side of the House did i tt agree to his f o rm er p ro p os iti on t o adopt the 10/. rate for , but the objection was not that the rate was va t. °gland 8 1 9 1 /s in different parishes. H e (L or d John Russell) had ai d that if it were adopted, great numbers of persons ; Yo u'd be disfranchised t o w h om th e G overn ment honestly in h'Tided to b es t ow th e f ranc hi se , a s t atement w hich the Right h .". I3aronet had treated as one to get up a cheer for Mi ters. L or d Al t h or p h a d a l so o bj ecte d to hi s pro p o sition of a the rating as a basis on a different groun d, arguing that simplest plan would be to take the value of the house itself. 4 eb, then, was the declaration of Lord Alth o rp.—( Hear.) A nd ;; t surely after thi s it cou ld n o t b e sa id t h at a h ou s e rented / 11 e yearly value of 10/, should be taken into the Irish Mu ntejpal Bill as a test of qualification on the strength of recom dmendations m a d e on f ormer occas i ons . Wi t h respect to th e glish Bill, ncillino• that took place at the time it was under eeussio n ought to 17e taken as any sanction for what was now Proposed with regard to the Irish Municipal Bill. As to the Peoteb Bill, whether the franchise adopted under it was the b est that could have been chosen or not he was not then pre pared,,, to argue ; but if the question were put to him vs he- It er this Bill s h o uld, with regard to the franchise, be made ek e the S co t c h Bill, or w h e ther even the Scotch franchise anOuld be extended, he must candidly confess that he should ;,,s/hes. be inclined to agree to the latter proposition.—( Cheers. ) 'ith retard to the Eglish Municipal Act, they might look vain for any 10/., franchise, accompanied with a rate; and e Must be allowed to say that as far as any precedent or for. Inc asanction was concerned, the present proposition of the Hon. Gentleman involved a qualification higher than E nglish of the vote for an English Member of Parliament , or for Ri ght or Scotch municipal councillors. — ( Hear.) The lion. Gentleman said there were three sorts of qualifi afti°ns which he proposed. With respect to the uniformity o "e of them, with respect to the English and Scotch Bills, and the argument that, therefore, a similar uniformity should b e extended to Ireland, he (Lord John Russell) must say that agreod with te principle of having such uniformity of qua tirmion in Ireland--( Hear)—but at the same time the gues s:l was what sort of a qualification that was. To argue from a a - ti tt a l°ga there might be a uniformity of diet in England, Scot t; ue and Ireland, but there was a very great difference be een an uniformity of diet of wheaten breed and a diet 0 ,,,• . I neal or potatoes.—( A laugh.) He maintained, more ove• r, that merely the ten pounds a year was not the l a of the House, and lie appealed to the Act for regu , t 'ng parochial assessments which passed a few years ago eaether such was or was not the case. The Noble Lord then t r rred to the provisions of the Act n question, and said that QxPenses to which it related were these expenses which were usually paid by the landlord. When the question was to t Iv) a franchise, and they had a man paying rates, was it fair ~O l t4l l s ist that, after all the deductions for the payment of such l . 's. and for repairs and other matters, the house in right of l ahich of a vote was claimed should be subject to a further test ~,_PlYment of ten pounds a year more ? The result of this 'gild be that a person having a ten pound house would be dis hli6ed.—( Hear, hear.) And this had not been applied to English or Scotch Bills, but was reserved in an especial nnner for Ireland, and impose cl at the very moment that they prof essed oou _ to be acting in a spirit of grace and kindness to that as t i t l t l Y, and wishing to place her towns on tile same footing aa en e ,se of England and Scotland.—( Cheers.) It was not, i rt Dist to endeavour to enforce this double sort of restriction thi :ne case of the Irish franchise. He was ready to admit she franchise ,"ting should be taken as a test of the qualification for ptt Iranehise under this Bill—( Hear, hear)—but not a ten " r ating. The Noble Lord then read a short summary of i 11 e , 1 1. /nrebe r of ten nound householders in some of the towns 1 eland, from which it appeared that in many of them the umb er WAS already but small ? considering the amount of the population. In Dungannon there were only 197, in Lisburn 144, and in Tralee 174, together with similarly limited num bers in several other towns, and yet Hon. Gentlemen opposite said that they must adhere to a proposition which would have the effect of restricting the Parliamentary franchise still fur ther. He did think, then, that on the very grounds on which the Right llonourable Gentleman had placed the question he ( Sir R. Peel) ought to have been prepared to agree to some modification of his opinion. I?ut if the Right Honourable Gentleman now came down to the House, and professed that his adherence to the 101. franchise was immoveable, it was of no use for him (Lord J. Russell) to make any further proposi tion.—( Hear.) lie should have been content, so anxious was he to come to an amicable adjustment of this question—( Hear) —either with some diminution of the proposed 101. franchise, or some modification of the 51. franchise, but merely to rise and make a proposition with the certainty of having it rejected by the Honourable Gentlemen at the other side of the House would be idle on his part—(Cheers from the Ministerial side) —and he must therefore content himself with simply opposing the 10/. franchise of the Hon. Gentleman. With respect to those who used the language that municipal rights ought to be restricted within these narrow limits, because to extend them beyond these would endanger the safety of the Protestant Church---(such we understood to be the purport of the Noble Lord's observations)—he must again repeat that, by using such language, not only would the bond of the Union be weakened, but the Established Church itself be endangered, rather than strengthened.—(Cheers.) His firm belief was, that if they wished the people of Ireland to form an united, an affectionate, and a loyal portion of these kingdoms, but at the same time to concede nothing with respect to the Church, their wisest plan would have been not to tell the people of Ire land that the Church stocd in the way of all Irish improvement and amelioration, but that their burthens would be so light, their condition so happy, and their welfare so great, that they should have no temptation to injure that Church.—( Cheers.) Let the House recollect that they were now arriving towards the end of a long period of privations and penalties suffered by the Irish people.—( Hear.) He did not say that those people might not be too sensitive in some respects. But it should not be forgotten, as had been said by an eminent writer, that " confidence was a plant of but slow growth in the human bosom," and that still more slow must be its growth in the . breasts of a people that had l ong b een su ff er i ng wrongs an d injustice. Differing, as he did, from the policy of this pro posed franchise, he must still say that he would not have thought it of any material importance, or a n essen ti a l p o i n t i n legislating with regard to any towns either in England or Scotland; but, considering the past condition and the present state and prospects of Ireland, and that the wish of the great majority of the people of that country was to see Mr. Pitt's intentions with respect to the Union carried out and fulfilled, he must assure the Committee that they would but he disap pointed if they expected he could accede to the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet.—( Cheers. ) Sir E. SLT GDE N then rose, but the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman was assailed with such a storm of impa tient cries of " Divide" at the commencement of his speech, and his remaining observations were so inaudible, owing to the constant conversation which prevailed in the House, that we found it utterly impossible to catch two consecutive sentences of his speech. We believe, however, that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman commenced with an expression of regret that the Noble Lord, in spite of the moderate tone and manner in which lie had begun his speech, had ended by an endeavour to make the present question a religious one, and in a way calculated to inflame the minds of the Irish people upon the subject.—( Hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the effect of the proposition of his Right Honourable Friend would be to raise the franchise higher in Ireland than in Scotland and in England. He agreed that it was highly important to have a test of value, and he also agreed that perjury had existed at both sides where the oath of a tenant was taken as a test of the value of his tenement. He had seen much of that in the course of his professional career, and, he was sorry to say, that it was not peculiar to Ireland, but prevailed in every part of the United Kingdom. He quite agreed in the advantage of having a test of value, and -would be glad to have any test which, whilst it did not raise the franchise, would disiranchise all who were not entitled to the franchise. An attempt similar to the present had been made in the 10th year of the reign of Queen Anne, when an Act was passed providing that no one should be entitled to vote out of any freehold unless such as had been rated to the full value of forty shillings or upwards for more than one year before the election. So inconvenient, however, was this found to be, that this Act of the 10th of Anne was repealed in two years afterwards. From that time to this rating had not been adopted as a test with respect either to the Parliamentary or Municipal franchise. The payment of ten pounds per annum rent was the amount adopted, in order to make the Municipal identical with the Parliamentary franchise.—( Hear, hear ) According to the Parliamentary franchise, a ten-pound householder had a right to vote without reference to any deduction for public or Parliamentary rates, insurance, &c. rates, church or porochial rates, repairs or &c. The Reform Act distinctly provided that there should be no deduction with respect to those charges, which were specifically enumerated. The Irish Reform Act contained a similar exemption. In England this was generally acted upon without any exception respecting boroughs. There was, he believed, only one instance in which an exception occurred, and that was in the case of Coventry, where two revising bar risters who went down made deductions for repairs. In En ,g -land and in Ireland, under the Reform Acts, tenants of the amount of ten younds a year were entitled to vote without re gard to any bargain existing between tenant aid landlord as to repairs. Every occupier of a house who paid 10/. rent was entitled to vote. To the Irish Poor Law Bill the Bill before the House referred as a test of value. In the Irish Poor Law Bill a deduction was made for all outgoings for repairs and insurances, and though 10/. a year was the Parliamentary franchise if the proposed test was adopted it would not be the municipal franchise. He contended that 101. value and lot. assessment were different, and that if they adopted a 101. as sessment in Ireland as a test of value they would give that country a higher franchise than existed in any other part of the United Kingdom. Sir W. FOLLETT said, however they differed in other points, all were agreed in the wish to apply some test of value. —( Hear.) The Government, in the Bill which they had introduced, had fixed the value at 101. All were anxious to apply a test of that value, and his Honourable and Learned Friend had said he had no objection to adopt the assessment of the poor rate as a test, provided he could be satisfied that such a test would not have the effect of raising the amount of the franchise. His Hon. and Learned Friend had expressed himself anxious to apply a test, and though he ob jected to that which was proposed, yet he had omitted to point out any other test that could possibly be applied with the ex ception of the test of rating. He did not see that there was much force in the reference which his Hon. and Learned Friend had made to the Act passed iN the tenth year of the reign of Queen Anne, providing for an assessment as evidence of the right of voting. That Act, it appeared, had not been continued for more than two years. Why it had not been continued the House were left at a loss to know, for his Hon. and Learned Friend had not pointed out any inconveniences that had arisen from the passing of that Act. That Act pro vided that all persons entitled to vote should be persons rated at forty shillings or upwards for one year previous to voting Now that Act merely fixed the assessment as a test of value, and he saw no inconvenience that could necessarily arise from it. He (Sir William Follett) had no desire that any test they might adopt should have the effect of raising the fran chise beyond the bone fide amount of qualification. All he and those with whom he acted wanted was a sure and safe test of that qualification, and if he could be satisfied that the test proposed would have that object he was willing to concur in any alteration which might be introduced so that he was satisfied that they would be enabled to ascertain correctly that the house in respect to which the franchise was claimed was of the value of 101. But what was the course pursued by the Noble Lord and his Hon. and Learned Friend ? They said, because you propose a test which we say will have the effect of raising the franchise above 101. we will not ask you to modify that test, but we will at once reduce the franchise to 51.—( Cheers.) What he took to be the clear mode of ascer taining the value of a house was, what it would let for, subject to the usual burthens. If a tenant paid certain rates and taxes he would take the rent which the tenant paid, subject to these ordinary burthens of a tenant. What they wanted was to ascertain the tenant's burthens, and with one exception con nected with Ireland this was the clear way to ascertain them. With that exception which he should presently point out, the Poor-rate would be an assessment on the actual value of that property. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman now went into some details of the different orders of assessment. In point of fact the assessment on the annual value of 101. could not raise the franchise more at the utmost than five shillings a-year, and yet it was upon this ground, and with no stronger case than this, that the Noble Lord proposed to lower the franchise to 51.—( Loud cheers.) Because in some in stances it was possible that the franchise might be raised in its amount five shillings beyond 101., the Noble Lord to avoid this bare possibility, proposed, as a safe and cer tain remedy, to reduce the franchise to 51. —(Cheers.) If the public were to judge between the parties in that House it would no w b e seen t h at t h e so l e d es i re o f th ose on th a t side of the House was to have the question settled on this basis that the 101. franchise should be a real bone fide franchise. He would take this opportunity of saying that lie did not feel the force of the observation which the Noble Lord had thought fit to apply to what had fallen from hi m on a f ormer occasion with reference to the abuses that prevailed in the Parliamentary franchise in Ire land. Ho (Sir W. Follett) had referred to the subject for the purpose of showing that whilst they had a test of value in England and Scotland a vicious mode prevailed in respect to Parliamentary franchise in that country, which made it unsafe to extend the municipal franchise without the security of some test of value. They wanted a test of the poor rates, which could not, at the outside, raise the ten pounds value to a greater extent than five shillings. He only expressed the sentiments of those with wh om h e acted when he state d t h a t their only desire in proposing this test was to setae this ques tion on a basis of security.—(Cheers.) They were willing to agree to any alteration of this test, provided it could be shown which he contended it could not, that it would have the effect of raising the qualification beyond 10/. He was not anxious to increase the qualification, but he would not consent to its diminution.—(Cheers.) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that, acc:-rd ing to the customary made of rating, a person who occupied a house of the value of 101. would he only rated to the amount of 8/., so that in the same proportion a parson who was rated at 101. would be the occupier of a house of the yearly value of 121. 10s. The effect, he repeated, of adopti ng th e proposed test, would be to raise the qualification in Ireland 25 per cent., and give a higher fraechise to that country than existed in England and Scotland. Mr. P. SC ROPE said that the practice under the Bill referred to by the Solicitor-General was to make a deduction of twenty-five per cent. from the actual rental of houses in towns, and in a great number of cases one-third of the amount was deducted. Mr. EMERSON TENNENT rose amidst considerable confusion, and loud cries of " Divide !" As to the amount, he could not possibly conceive that for any popular purpose requiring at once an exercise of intelligence and an interest in property it was prudent to go below the lot. franchise in the towns of Ireland.—(lnterruption.) This was the mini mum at which the judgment as well as the experience of the framers of the Reform Bill had fixed its amount, and he be lieved that if any change whatsoever had been wrought in the minds of the supporters by the experience of the last six years, the inclination of their opinion was that a somewhat higher amount would have at least given a better security against the evasion and abuse of the law, and that in Ireland the consti tuencies as at present registered had fallen considerably below the standard which it had been their intention to maintain as a limit.—( Cries of " Divide !" and cheers.) Concurring, as he did, in the abstract opinion as to the proprie • ty of fixing 101. as the minimum qualification for the exercise of political rights, he (Mr. E. Tennent) could not, with any consistency, assent to fixing a lower ratio for muni cipal. In the schedule to the present Bill which contained the names of the towns to which it was proposed to give a 51. franchise there were seventeen towns that now returned Members to serve in Parliament. Anil was it to be antici pated or believed that the 51. householders of these seventeen towns, after having once been admitted to exercise popular municipal rights, after becoming accustomed to all the forms and excitements of popular elections, canvassings, polling,s, and contests—after selecting and returning officers to tax and govern their several towns—would not look with anxious jealousy on those who exercised the only right from which they were excluded ; and, finally, demand to be admitted to the Parliamentary franchise also? Nor did he (Mr. E. Tennent) see by what argument or answer that demand could be successfully met if they were now to be invested with other functions not one whit less dignified and important. The advantage of a rating test in a political point of view, as a self-acting regulator by which the law would b e ena bl ed to work itself, and to enforce its own provisions, would not be less gratifying than its operation in a moral point of view in putting an end to fraud and false swearing before the regis tering officer. If the House entertained any such apprehension or opinion as had been stated by the Hon. Member for Dublin, that this test would represent the holdings as below their actual value, that the official valuators would estimate houses ten or twenty per cent. below their actual worth, in order to lower the amount of taxation, or from other corrupt motives ; or that they would make such unjust deductions for repairs, insurance, or taxes, as would deprive the occupant of his fran chise, it was within their power to provide against this now. It was in their power to make special provision that the valu ation should be at a rack-rent estimate, giving credit for the utmost item of enhancement, and all this was perfectly compatible with the proposition of the Right Honourable Baronet, for the establishment of an honest bona fide valua tion of the property in dispute.—(lnterruption and cries of " Hear, hear.") In order to show the utter fallacy of fixing any nominal limit to the franchise so long as the m ere o pi n i on of the interested owner was to b e th test of its virtual amount, he (Mr. E. Tennent) would give them one example of the practical evasion of a test similar to that proposed by the Right Hanourable Baronet, only with this one deficiency, that its application was to depend on the statement of the claimant, and not on the oath of a third party. At present the practice of granting excise licenses for the sale of spirits in Ireland was to charge for each according to a graduated scale, all houses below the value of 10/. obtaining their license for a sum, if he (Mr. E. Tennent) recollected, of 3/. or 4/. a year lower than those whose annual value was above 101., so that practically the proof that a man's rent was under 101. availed him from 31. to 4/. a-)ear in obtaining his license. Now he (Mr. E. T.) had recently moved for and obtained a re turn of all excise licenses granted in Ireland to houses under 101. In that return he was astonished to find no less than 313 houses included as licensed in Belfast alone ; but on coming to scrutinize that list be was still more astonished to find th it of these at least 200 had been duly registered as bona fide 10/. householders, and as such had voted at the last election. Now in this case there seas a manifest fraud, either upon the excise in evading the payment of the duty, or upon the regis tering barrister in obtaining the franchise, or perhaps upon both, and to obviate it, there was but one simple and obvious remedy, namely, to refer the valuation of these premises to a third party, who would have no interest in falsifying his return. He hoped that the House would see the equity as well as the expediency of conforming to both these proposals of the Right Hon. Baronet ; and for nie (Mr. E. Tennent's) part, so vi tally essential did be regard both the one and the other that he should consider the surrender or defeat of either one or the other as a virtual discomfiture of the entire plan for the ad justment of Municipal Corporations in Ireland.----( Hear.) Mr, WOULFE attempted to address the House, but from the very great noise and confusion, we heard but indistinctly in the Gallery. When we were able to hear, he was ob.erv ing that the rating clause in the Poor Relief Bill had made a marked distinction between permanent and perishable pro perty ; and he insisted that, when a man's income arose from perishable property, the rate should be proportioned accord ingly. What, then, was the difference between income de rived from houses and that which was derived from land. Would any man tell him that a House in Dublin, rented at ten pounds a year, was worth ten pounds to the landlord ? Could any man deny that the loss of a single slate, the wages of a single day's carpenter's work, would come to more than the few shillings mentioned by the Right Hon. Baronet ? No man in that House, who was himself' a proprietor of houses, would assert the contrary.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman made one or two further observations, but, Lore the increasing impatience of the House, they were quite inaudible. Mr. SHEIL rose amidst loud cries of " Divide." He wished lion. Members to note the course the question had taken. The Right Hon. Baronet now appeared to feel him self wrong to a certain extent in point of fact.—(No, no.) li e (Mr. Shell) contended that the proposition of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member fur Dublin, which had been at first so warmly resisted by the lion. and Learned Member for Exeter, was now acknowledged to have had foundation.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) When the Hon. and Learned Member for Exeter rose to reply, he contended that there was no difference between the actual and rated value —net a frac tion ; and the Right Hon. Member fer Tamworth asserted his unalterable intention to adhere to a 101. rate. He (Mr. Sheil) was sure, however, that if those Right H on. Gentle- . men found reason to change their opinions they would have virtue enough to change their conduct.—(Ministerial cheers ) Concession had certainly been made to a considerable ex tent.. ( Expressions of dissent from the Opposition benches.) Let them leave off those ingenious subtleties for which the House had no relish, because it had no capacity for th em _ ( A loud laugh)—and go to the broad facts of the case. It was now admitted that there was a difference between the amount of rent rated and that actually paid, the clause for rating was framed after that in the English Poor Relief Bill • and there was the framer of that Act ( Mr. P. Scrope) a wit ness to prove its intention.---( Hear, hear.) They had n ow got this fact. Would Hon. Gentlemen opposite avow them. selves in the wrong ? Would they then come forward with a proposal founded on their increase of knowledge ?—( H ear.) There was one more fact on which he must trouble th e House with a few words. The Right Hon. Baronet had e patiated on the Scotch Bill, and had quoted the Lord Advo_ cate Jeffrey ; but he (Mr. Shiel) could quote a speech of the Right Hon. Baronet—( Hear, hear)—on the English Bill, i n which that Rght Hon. Gentleman contended that the Scotch franchise should not be so high as the English ; and also re ferred to a speech of the Noble Lord opposite (Lord St an l ey) in which it was asserted that a 101 . franchise was too high. (The lion. and Learned Gentleman here read an extract from a speech of Lord Stanley, in which was expressed an opinion that the 101. franchise was too high for Scotland.) Let the Right Hon. Baronet, then, deal with Ireland as he had dealt with the sister country.—(Hear.) That was all he would ask.—_( Ministerial cheers.) He did not like to use the term " Justice to Ireland"—it might be considered a kind of cant phrase.--( Hear, hear)—but he would say, " Equity for Ire land ;" and equity for Ireland meant equality with England. --(Ministerial cheers.) That was what they asked, and f or that they would insist —( Hear, hear.) But he had another point for the consideration of the Right Honourable Baronet. When the Right Hon. Baronet was in office in 1828, he intro duced a Bill for Ireland, in which powers were given to the ratepayers analogous to those proposed to be given by the intended Bill. What was the qualification then proposed by the Right Honourable Baronet ? He took the 51. rate—. ( Hear, hear)—and the Act was the of Gco. IV., cap. 82. —( Hear, hear.) He ( Mr. Sheil) referred bin' to that Act, and asked him why in the small town of Clonmel he had for merly been satisfied with a 5/. municipal franchise, and now insisted on one of double that amount. Why was con orate reform now conceded ? Gentlemen opposite had done all they could to withhold it, and now it was reluctantly conceded to public opinion.—( Hear.) He should end now with an in terrogatory. Why did they ask to make a distinction between England and Ireland? The Noble Lord (J. Russell), in re plying to the Right Hon. Baronet, had touched upon the true hinge, the cardinal cause of the objecti o n. H e sa id, " Y ou ask for a different qualification in Ireland, because the majority of the people in that country are Roman Catholics." Was not that the fact ?—(No, no.) Not one of the Hon. Gentlemen who had spoken on the Opposition side could deny it. They had not endeavoured to do so. They had kept studiously silent on the subject. That was the principle acted upon ; let them candidly confess that in Ireland religion was to be made a motive for disfranchisement.—(Cries of " Oh, o h," from the Opposition benches.) Mr. BROT E RTON rose to m a k e some o b servat i on , but from the loud and incessant cries of " Di v id e, " i t was impos sible to catch a word. Sir ROBERT PEEL said--I am not going to make any reply to the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, but it is of the utmost importance that my real intention should not be misunderstood. What I wish for is a 10/. franchise—a bona fide franchise.—( Hear, hear. ) I wish it to be represented by what we call in England clear annual value.. Ido not ask, under the pretext of a 10/. franchise, to establish a greater. I do not expect that, if by your Poor-law additional burthens are thrown on the tenants, to do without some modification ; but I expect that the exercise of the franchise in Ireland shall depend on the bona fide possession of property ; to quote the words of the English Act, " clear annual value," and of the present " true and real value." But if, on the other hand, you have adopted any principle of rat i ng b y w hi c h t h e franchise would be raised from 10/. to 121., I shall not insist on the in creased amount, but be content with the bona fide amount of my original proposition.—( Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL was satisfied to have the franchise fixed at 101. provided it was ascertained in the manner directed by the Scotch Bill. Why would they not give a Bill to Ireland similar to that of Scotland ?—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet denied any wish to insult Ireland ; but would he assert that the people of Ireland were prone to peg jury ?—(No, no.) The Right Hen. Baronet had quoted Cork ; but he bad THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1838. omitted the evidence with respect t o D u bli n , t a k en b e f ore t h e I Fictitious Votes Committee. In that evidence not a single tinge of accusation had been obtained against the validity of the Dublin franchise. If in Cork there had been abuses, they were caused by the corruption of the old Corporation ; but no matter how, if they had occurred they afforded no reason for refusing to the people of Ireland their municipal franchise.— ( Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL said—l must be allowed one more word. I appeal to every man who has heard me whether, throughout this discussion, I have used language which could make me justly chargeable with a disposition to insult the Irish people ? —(" Hear, hear,:hear," and cheers.) When I spoke of per jury I attributed it to the eight cause--the imperfect state of the law at present.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman says the difference is only a difference of degree, but the Noble Lord makes a difference as to the test of qualifi cation. I never said, nor did I ever intend to say, that the people of Ireland were more inclined to commit perjury than the people of Scotland or the people of England ; and I do not think it fair in the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to en deavour to create a prejudice against me by assumiag a national insult which never entered into my mind to offer. Mr. O'CONNELL—The Right Honourable Gentleman has instanced a case of fraud in Ireland, and founds upon that case a general argument. I can show to the Right Hon. Gentleman cases of fraud in Scotland, not only in the bumble ranks but amongst persons of exalted station. Instances of persons holding the rank of Dukes and Earls committing frauds as bad as some that have been tried at the Old Bailey. Why should the case of frauds committed at Cork be intro duced for the purpose of making a higher test of rating? Ido not mean to say that the Right Hon. Gentleman has by his words made a national accusation. On the contrary, his lan guage is over smooth for his acts. Whilst he compliments us in words he insults in conduct ; but as I am not to be led away from the real object, I will take the Right Hon. Gentleman's conduct and not care for his words. Mr. BEAMISH rose amidst loud cries of " Question," to explain with respect to the evidence of Mr. Lane, but it was impossible to catch the purport of his observation. Mr. CALLAGHAN did not rise to impeach the testimony of Mr. Young, as given before the Committee on fictitious votes, but with respect to the claim of one voter, whose house was said . not to be of the value of 61., he (Mr. Callaghan) was aware that Mr. Young had his attention directed to other premises than those fi om which the elector in question claimed to vote. Sir R. PEEL had quoted the case to show that the prac ice was universal. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to know from the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin what was the course he intended to pursue. Was it his wish to take the rating alone, without the value ? If so, perhaps the better plan would be to leave out the words "net annual value." Mr. O'CONNELL would take the opportunity, on the report being brought up, of moving as an amendment, " that the Bill be assimilated to the Scotch Bill." The House then divided, when thew appeared— For the amendment 266 Against it Majority against it —2o Lord J. RUSSELL intimated that he did not intend to proceed with the Bill at that hour. The Chairman then reported progress and obtained 'Lave to set again on Friday.' TITHES (IRELAND). The Ilcuse then went into Committee proforma on the re solutions of Lord John Russell respecting tithes in Ireland. The Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Friday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL,—(In Committee.) (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, ausr. 11. Co r p .i o n r s a e t r e t Sixth Clause, " Inhabitant Household er i n an y B oroug h, name d in Schedules, who sh a ll h o ld an d occupy any h ouse, & c. & c., w hi c h shall be ra t e d to the relief of the Poor as of the net annual value of five pound s, ent i tled to be a Burgess and a Member of the Body and : :: --- tein ß : A A , b ia e rn rer , on it i e b a y r ,. A G d . stand part of the Clause :"—The Committee divided : m .. pesosniutdrn MAJORITY—AYES dici e si g: t s , c , l l: ar r :Q . l p u.J s ze e t ri d i , voi , i ins to i3O p leave out" 'fifivevepo pounds,"ln ts n, 5...... D 2 8 . 8 : 6 :. d , - p :l t a 1 l o w ',Acheson, Lord-Co. of Armagh Jervis, J._ Chester mannan Johnson, W. Augustus-Oldbana ,Agl ionby, H . A.- C ockermouth Kinnaird, Hon A. F. Perth Aslionby, Major F.-Cumberland Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry /Ainsworth, P.-Bolton Taunton Alston, Rowland-Hertfordshire Lamhton, H.-North Durham Andover, Viscount-Malmsbury Langdale, Hon .C.-Knaresborouvh Anson, Colonel-Staffordshire Lascelles, Hon. W. S.-Wakefield Anson, Sir G.-Lichfield Lefevre, C. Shaw-North Hants Archbold, Robert-Kildare Lemon, Sir Charles -West Cornwall Attwood, Thos.-Birmingham Leveson, Lord-Morpeth Bainbridge, E. T.-Taunton ' Lister, E. Cunliffe-Bradford Baines, Edward-Leeds Loch, James-Kirkwall Ball, Nicholas-,-Clonmell Lushington, Dr.-Tower Haml. Bannerman, A.-Aberdeen Lushington, Charles--Ashbnrton Barnard, E. G.-Greenwich ,Lynch, A. H.-Galway Barron ' H. W.-Waterford City !APNamara, Maj. W. N.-Cl are C o. Barr-, G. S.-Cork Co. M'Taggart, John-Wi g t on, & c. Beamish, F. 8.-Ccrk 'Maher, Jno.- Wexford Co. Bellew, R. M.-Louth !Marshall, Wm.-Carlisle Bentinck, Lord \V -Glasgow ,Marsland, Henry-Stockport Berkeley, Hon. G.-Gloucestershire. Martin, John-Tewkesbury Berkeley, Hon. C.-Cheltenham ;Made, W. 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D'Eyncourt,• Russell, Lord John -Stroud Lambeth Russell, Lord-Tavistock Divett, Edward -Exeter Russell, Lord C. J. F.-Bedfordshire Duckworth, th Samuel-Leicester S a l wey, L ieut.-Col.-Ludlow 1 nffsre Sanford, E. A .-So l •re Duff' James --3i hi merset s ii ' Duke, Sr 1 James-Boston Seholefield, .1.-Birminghana Viscount-Southampton & ct Tope, Poulett-S trou Duncan, S.--Finsbury Seale, Colonel-Dartmouth Duncombe, T. S. - ~.. y r. W. D.-1.1 1n t Seymour, Lord-Totness Duisdas, Dundas, Frederick -Orkney Sharpe, Gen era l-D umfries Dundas' Hon. .. J. C.-York Shell, Richard Lalor-Tipperary Dundas, Hon. T.-Richmond Shelborne, Earl o f-C a l ne LewesUr Slaney, R. A.-Sh rews b ury Ebrington, Easthope, J.- Vi s count-N. Devon .. Smith, Benjamin-N orw i c h John -Montgomery Smith, R. V.-N or th ampton FA wards, Eliot, • Hon J. E.- Roxburghshire Somers, J. P.-Sli go Ellice riviSomerville,ch Somerville, Sir W.-D rog h e d Ellice, Right' Capt. A.-Ha Hon. 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T.—Dublin Uui. versa) , LAideil, Hon. H.—North Durham Lincoln, Earl of—South Notts Lockhart, .s. M —Lanarkshire Long, W.—North Wiltshire Lowther, Colonel—Westmoreland Lowther, Viscount—WestinoreLuel Lowther, J. H.—York [awls, Edward—Monaghan Lygon, M.-Gen. Hon. H. B.—Wor cestershire, West. Mackenzie, Thomas—Hess-shire Mackenzie, \V. F.—Pecblessliire Mckinnon, W. A.—Lymington Maclean, Donald—Oxford Mahon, Viscount— Hertford Maidstone, Visc.—North Northamp tonshire Manners, Lord C. S.—Leicestershire Marton, Geo.—Lar.caster Master, Colonel—Cirencester Matthew, G. B.—Shaftesbury Meynell, Captain II —Lisburne Miles, William—Sornersetshire Miles, Philip W. Skynner—Bristol Miller, Wm. a—Newcastle tinier. Lytne Monypenny, T. G.—Rye Mordaunt, Sir John—Warwickshire Morgan, C. M. R.—Brecon Neeld, Joseph—Chippenham Neeld, John—Cricklado Nicholl, J —Cardiff Noel, William M.—Rutland Norrcys, Lord—Oxfordshire Ossulston, Lord—North Northuni. berland Owen, Sir J.—Pembrokeshire Paeke, C. W.—Leicester, South Pakington, J. S.—Droitwich Palmer, Robert—Berks Palmer, George—Essex Parker, Alontagu—Devon Parker, R. T.—Preston Parker, T. A. W.—Oxfordshire Patten, J. Wilson —Lancashire Peel, Right lion. Sir li—Tamworth Peel, Col. Jonathan—Huntingdon Pemberton, Thomas—Ripon Perceval, Colonel—Sligo Co. Perceval, G. J.—West Surrey Pigott, Robert —Bridgnorth Planta, Joseph—Hastings Plumptre, John P.—East Kent 'Polhill, Frederick —Bedford Pollen, Sir J.—Andover Pollock, Sir F.—Huntingdon Powell, Colonel. -Cardiganshircl Praed, W. M.—Aylesbury Pracd, W. T.-4. Ives Price, Richard—New Radnor Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshire Reid, Sir J. Rae—Dover Richards, Richard—Merionethshire Rickford, W.—Aylesbury Rolleston, Col.—South Nottingisarn Rose, Sir George—Christchurch Round, Charles Gray—Essex N. Round, John—Maldon Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk Washout, George Bowles—Evesham St. Paul, Horace— Worcestershire Sanderson, Richard—Colchester Sandon, Lord—Liverpool Scarlett, Hon. J Y.—Guildford Shirley, E. J —Warwickshire Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln S;nclair, Sir George-- Caithness Smith, Abel—Hertfordshire Smyth, Sir G. H.—Colchester Somerset, Lord G.—Monmouthshire Spry, Sir S. T.—Bodniin Stanley, Edward—Cumberland Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Stormont, Viscount—Perthshire .Sturt, Henry Charles—Dorsetshire Sugden, Sir E.—Ripon Teignmouth, Lord— Marylebone. Tennent, J. E.—Belfast Thompson, Ald. —Sunder lan I hornhill, Geo.—Huntingdonshire Trench,i.Sir F.—Scarborough Trevor, lion. G. R.—Caermarthens Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—North Essex Vere, Sir C. B.—East Suflblk Verner, William—Armagh Co. Vernon, G. IL—East RettOrd Villiers, Viscount—Weymouth Vivian, John Ennis—Trui o Waddington, H. S.—West Suffolk Walsh, Sir Jahn—Sudbury Welby, Glynne Earle—Grantham Whitmore, T. C.—Bridgenorth Wilbraham, Hon. R. B.—Lanca. shire Williams, Robert—Dorchester Williams, T. Peers—Marlow Wodehouse, Edmund—Norfolk Wood, Colonel T.—Brecknockshire Wood, Thomas—Middlesex Young, John—Cavan Young, Sir W.—Bucks TELLERS. Clerk, Sir G.—Stamford Fremantle, Sir Thom ;.s —Buck; COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday at the New Palace, for the recep tion of the Ambassador from his Majesty King Leopold. His Highness the Prince de Ligne, Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of the Bolgians, had a private audience of her Majesty. His Excellency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. After the audience his Highness presented to the Queen the five Noblemen of the Embassy, viz, the Count de Cruquembourg, Colonel of Cavalry, Secretary to the Embassy; Count d'Arschot, Baron D'Hooghworst, Count D'Andelot, and Mr. Le Capitaine de Moerkerke, Attaches to the Embassy. His Highness carne to the Palace in a state carriage, drawn by four greys. His Highness afterwards paid visits to all the Members of the Royal Family. The Court was attended by Lord Lilford, Lord in Waiting; Hon. Col. Cavendish, Clerk Marshal; Hon. Charles Murray, as Groom in Waiting ; and Col. Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audience yesterday to Viscount Melbourne. Her Majesty, accompanied by her august mother, and attended by the Countess of Mulgrave, left town ten minutes before four q'clock, escorted by a party of Lancers, for Windsor Castle. The Royal suite followed in two carriages and four, and was composed of Lady Flora Hastings, Hon. Miss Dillon, Hon. Miss Paget, Lady Theresa Digby, Baroness Lelizen, Lord Lilford, Hon. Charles Murray, and the Hon. Col. Cavendish. Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening at Windsor Castle. Covers were laid for thirty. The following were amongst the company invited :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, Duke of Grafton and Lady Laura Fitzroy, Earl of Mulgrave, Duke of Argyll, Marquis of Conyngham, Earl of Albemarle and the Countess of Albe marle, and Earl of Erroll. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager drove to Kensington )esterday in an open pony phaeton and four. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a dinner party on Sunday at Cambridge House. Amongst the company were Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister; Prince Souls°, the Grecian Minister; Baron Mun chausen, the Hanoverian Minister; Baron Gersdorfr, the Saxon Mi nister; Countess Maltran, Baron Werthyr, Colonel and Mrs. Stepney Cowell, and Col. Junes. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. His Excellency the American Ambassador and Mrs. Stevenson have returned to their residence in Portland-place, from a visit to Althorp, the seat of Lord Spencer. A meeting of the Members of the House of Commons was held yester day afternoon at the Foreign Office. Lord John Russell, Lord Morpeth, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Poulett Thom son], and other members of the Administration were present. The meet. inn was numerously attended. The Lord Advocate of Scotland, Earl of Gosford, Bishop of Chichester, and Mr. Haribury Leigh had interviews yesterday with Viscount Mel. bourne in Downing street. Sir F. B. Head, Bart., Colonel Mac Neil, Mr. Fairbank, Mr. Bruce, and Mr. Wood had interviews yesterday with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office. Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, transacted business yesterday at he Foreign Office. Lord Morpeth, Sir John Honouse, and Mr. Poulett Thomson had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Home 0111ce. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Douglas, in Portman square, from a Continental tour ; Lord Stanley, in St. James's-square, from Manchester ; the Hon. William de Courcy,, in Bennet-street, St. James's, from Devonshire ; the Earl and Countess of Cardigan, in Portman-square, from Canter. bury ; the lion. Major and Mrs. Murray and family, at Talbot's Hotel, Green-street, from Wimbledon ; Sir William and Lady Helby and family, in Upper • Belgrave-street, from Denton Hall, Lincolnshire ; Lord and Lady Cornwallis, in Hill-street, from Linton.place, near Maidstone ; Mr. and Lady Augusta Milbank and family, at their new residence,in Carlton gardens (late the Countess de Salis), from Thorpe, Yorkshire ; Mrs. Prothero and family, in Seymour-street, from Dover; Captain Roebuck, 11th Dragoons, at Thompson's Hotel, from Born bay ; Count de Aerschot, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Brussels ; the Honourable E. H. Grimston, M.P., from Hatfield Park ; Colonel and Mrs. Hunter Blair, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish. square, from Leamington ; Mr. and Miss Roundel', at ditto, from Yorkshire ; Mr. Becket Denison, at ditto, from Doncaster ; Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson, at the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover-square ; Robert Hedley, Esq., at ditto ; Mr. Small, at ditto ; General and Mrs. Hall, at ditto. DEPARTURES. Lady and Miss Scott, from the Brunswick House, Hotel, Hanover. square ; John Hall, Esq., Mrs. Hal, and daughter, frOm Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Carondish.square, fur Weston ColviPe : Captain Roebuck, from ditto, for Chatham; Mrs. C. Mitford and daughter, from ditto, for Brighton; Colonel and Mrs. Coles, from ditto, for Woodcote Park, Hants. Prince Paul Lieven, who has been to Paris for a short period, arrived at Ashburnhain House last evening. Lord Sandon returned to town on Friday, from the family seat, Sandon Hall, in Staffordshire, where the Noble Lord had been attending the obsequies of his revered mother. The mourn ers, besides the Noble Lord. were the lion. G. D. Ryder, Hon. J. J. Wortley, lion. George Fortescue, Captain Saurin, R.N., and Mr. Hugh Fortescue. Lord de Lisle and Dudley and family are sojourning at Dover for the benefit of the air. The Marquis of Angleiey will preside at the Hussar dinner, on Saturday next, It was Count Alexis StrogonofF, and not the Am bassador Extraordinary, who arrived in town on Friday, as we stated yesterday. His Excellency will arrive on Wednesday or Thursday next, by a Dutch Government steamer, front Hamburgh. Burlington House, the town residence of the Honourable Compton Cavendish, M.P., it is expected, will be engaged for the Noble Count, the two splendid mansions not being spacious enough for the grand fetes in con. temptation. His Serene Highness Prince Schwartze►rberg and suite were expected to arrive in town last evening, from Frankfort.. on.the.Maine. The mansion secured for the Prince and his illustrious companions, among whom is one of the Austrian Princes, Tracts. mandorf, is No. 10, Lanzham.place, next door but two to the Earl of Mansfield's. HOME CIRCUIT.--SUMMER ASSIZES.--I M PORTANT TO ATTORNEYS. -it is already arranged for Lord Chief Justice Denman and Mr. Baron Bolland to preside at the ensuing assizes, on the home circuit, which commences at Ilertford, on Wednesday, the llth of July; and the commission for the county of Essex will be opened at Chelmsford, on Monday, the 16th; at Lewes (Sussex), on the 23d; at Guilford (Surrey), on the 30th ; and on the 6th of August at Maid stone. It has, therefore, bleu customary for their lordships to proceed from Chelmsford to Maidstone, and from thence to Lewes, and conclLde the circuit at Surrey ; but the late lamentable occurrence near Canter. bury, which will necessarily cause the county assize to be a prolix one, has induced the judges to deviate from the usual course, and close their labours at Maidstone, in order to prevent the inconvenience which might arisewise arise in other places, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: TA T TER S A Li' S— Ygsrszim r. ASCOT CLIP, P.T.-(TLICESDAY NE1:1). The field for this race, already small enough, has been further lessened by the declaration that Mr. Forth's Eraprise will not start. Redshank, it will be seen, is still a nominal favourite, but we have no means of ascertaining whether he will van it up or remain quietly at Newmarket. The Grey has been backed rather freely, first at even, and afterwards at 5 to 4, against him , a little money has also been laid out on Caravan, but nothing done en Epirus. Closing odds :- 5 to 4 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Mornus—taken 5 to 2 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirus--offered 5 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Caravan —taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Bird's Redshank—offered TILE ST. LEGER. 7 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Ion —taken 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Mornus.offered 12 to 1 agst Appleton Lad—offered 14 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham —taken 16 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Charley Boy—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Albemarle—taken :30 to 1 agst Mr. Wilkins's Wee Willie--taken 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Thompson's Voltaire colt—taken The betting was toe slight to require anything beyond a quota. tion of the prices :- 200 even on lon agst Cobham and D'Egville—taken 14 to 1 agst Wee Willie and Albemarle—taken We have partly guessed the odds agst Cobham and D'Egville, but they cannot be far from the truth. MANCHESTER RACES, FRlnjr.—( CONCLUDED). Plate of 501. for all ages ; three years, Est. 71b ; four yrs, Bst. 21b ; 5 yrs, Bst. 10lb; six yrs and aged, 9st. Mares and geldings al lowed 31bs. A winner of one Plate, alb s ;of two or more, 511)s. extra. Heats, two miles and a distance. The second to be en titled to an additional 10/. Mr. Hutchinson's ch. c. Aimwell, 3 yrs Lye 1 1 Col. Cradock's ch. c. by Recovery, 3 yrs Mr. R. Hudson's b. f. (olumbine, 4 yrs Betting—First heat, 2tol on Aimwell ; won cleverly. Second heat, 3 to 1 on Aimwell ; won by half a length. 'WALKING MATCII AGAINST TIME BY A FEMALE AGED Six rr-rivx.—On Thursday last the lower part of Be'grave Gate was in a bustle for three hours, with an immense crowd of people, in consequence of a female named M'Millan, aged sixty-five, having, undertaken to walk fifteen miles in three hours, for a sovereign. The distance measured was from the milestone near the Black Lion, Belgrave Gate, and to walk half a mile out and return. At one o'clock the pedestrian started, and went the first two miles in twenty-four minutes. She continued her career without stopping, and finished her task with about eleven minutes to spare. She ap peared to go over the ground with ease to herself, and many that accompanied her were obliged to keep upon the loose trot. She walked from Melton Mowbray the day previous.—Leieester Herald. OCIETA ARMONICA. The sixth and last concert for the season of the above &erica took place last eight, in the splendid Conccrhroom at her Majesty's Theatre, in the presence of a crowded auditory. An excellent selection, and ability of no common order, both in the vocal and instrumental depart ments, rendered the present not only the best concert given by the So. cieta, but one of the best of the musical season. At the opening Bee thoven's magnificent Symphony in C minor was played in as fine a style as could be imagined ; and at the commencement of the Second Part Mendelsohn's beautiful overture to the" Midsummer Night's Dream," proved as effective as that exquisite composition could be. Besides these real treats to the amateur et flue music, Mr. Willman played a clarionet concerto of Krommer, with all that rich and varied effect which taste and judgment, aided by unrivalled execution on his In. strument, could impart to the moat delicious tone ever produced. Mr. N. Mori, jun., also played an air, with variations, on the violin, by Mayseder, the first time of that young gentleman's appearing before the public in a solo. He was eminently successful, and re ceived the most enthusiastic plaudits. The singers were Madame Grisi, Madame Albertazzi, and Signor Rubini. Grisi was deservedly encored in Rossini's " Di placer," which she sang most splendidly. Rubini gave " Ah so per voi," from Otello, with all that exquisite feeling which distinguishes his efforts. In our opinion, however, he is too apt, as upon this occasion, to refine rather too much upon his pianos, which are sometimes scarcely to be heard at all. His contrasts might be made effective without being so very violent. It is all black and white, without any intermediate shadows. The gem of the evening Was, in our opinion, the duct by Gehl and Albertazzi, " Vanne se Alberghi," from Mercadante's Andronico, It is difficult to say which was most worthy of admiration, the bold mid masterly execution, and splendidly rich tones of Grisi, or the fa: ility and elegance, and expressive delicacy of Albertazzi. The union of the two voices, when moving together in the concerted parts of the duetto, formed a combination seldom equalled, and never exceeded. The audience were enraptured. The Societa on this occasion closed their labours with that triumphant success which must raise high anticipations for the succeeding season, to commence, as we learned from the programme, in the month of March, 1539. POSTAGE DUTIES. ( From the File Herald.) Our readers are aware that great discontent has prevailed on account of postage on letters carried by a circuitous route being charged by the distance travelled, instead of the postage applicable to the distance from the office where put into the place - of delivery ; and at a meeting of the Cupar Procurators, held lately to petition Parliament for a reduction of postage duties, they resolved to take a stand against the payment of letters charged by the circuitous scale, and bring the question to an issue in a practical form. Accordingly, a letter, ad dressed to the gentleman holding th e office of President of th e Procurators' Society, coming from the post-office at Dundee, which was charged 81d., the statutory charge for a distance exceeding 50 and not exceeding 80 miles, in consequence of having been sent via Perth and Kinross to Cupar, instead of the direct route, 13 miles, was refused payment of; and the rustler being brought before the Society, they instructed the Secretary to present an application to the Sheriff, to ordain the Postmaster to deliver the letter on payment of the statutory postage of 4d., applicable to a single letter " to a place at any distance from the post-office where the letter shall be put in not exceeding 15 miles." The action was brought accord ingly, but it would appear that the officials at head-quorters were not prepared to vindicate in a court of law the arbitrary rates of charge they have hitherto laid on, for though answers should have been lodged on or before Monday last, none were given in, and the Sheriff, on advising the case yesterday, pro nounced the folloeing interlocutor : " Coax, JUNE 6,lS3B.—The Sheriff Substitute having again considered the foregoing petition, in respect, the respon dent, Charles Grace, designed in the petition, has failed to lodge answers ; holds him as confessed, decerns and ordains him for:hwith to deliver to the petitioder the letter in ques tion, on payment of fourpence halfpenny as the postage there. of ; finds him liable in expenses, of which allows an account to be given in, and when lodged remits the same to Mr. John Givan, writer in Cupar, to tax, and report, and decerns. ( Signed) " AND. JAMESON." This may be considered as conclusive of the question, and we hope the lieges will now, throughout the whole country, reap the benefit of the public spirited proceedings of the Fife Procurators. Viscount Canning has left town for Cowes, Isle of Wight, to superintend the fitting up of his splendid yacht Go ndola. The Noble Viscount and his Lady will make a short cruise alter the coronation. RATTING 'a —lt is well known that rats and ravens are fond of money ; in confirmation of which we subjoin the following anecdote. Some time ago, a respectable baker in town, deposited a bag containing twenty pounds in silver, in the bottom of a press, where it lay for a considerable time One day on visiting his purse, be was sato. niched to find that the bag was considerably lighter than usual, and on counting the contents, he found that 130 shillings had been abstracted. He at first thought that the theft must have been committed by some of the inmates of the house, but on examing the bottom of the press, he found that a hole had been cut in the floor largo enough to admit a rat, and on removing part of the flooring, he recovered all his money except two shillings.—Paisley Advertiser. A paragraph in Woohner's Exeter Paper of last week has the following extraordinary Advertisement ;It is headed —Geo. Robins, Londou, and states that the proprietor of an estate in the neighbourhood of Exeter is desirous of availing himself of Mr. Robins's services; but fearing it is not in itself of sufficient importance to incur singly the expense of this gentleman's survey, goes on to state if any other landowner is in the same predicament, he entreats he will join him in bearing the expense. This is the first instance upon record, we believe, of such a compliment being paid to any professional man; and we think we can improve it by adding that we know, of our own knowledge, that Mr. Robins is equally attentive to all his clients-- although their property be small—and that his charge for judgment, and a journey, and survey is in no way commensurate with that which tho learned in the law or physic would require. —From the Morning Chronicle. A very ludicrous affray has taken place between tw•o youths holding commissions in the Royal Marines of the Chatham dirt. sion and a young gentleman, son of a Colonel M-- belonging to the same corps. One of the young oflic2rs, M— W, thought proper to throw a potatoe, when sonic words arose, and the dreadful word " lie" was given. A hostile meeting was talked off, and pistols and tourna queis wkre ready ; when, by some accident, the officer of guard hearing of the affair, which was to have been finally adjusted on Chatham Lines, had the parties taken into custody. The officer requested each to make an apology, which was refused. The young officer, Lieut. B—, Is held under arrest.—Hampshire Adependard. TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—A servaut girl, living with Stephen Beechitsg, Esq., had taken out two of the children for a walk, the one a little boy about three years, and the other a girl about seven years old; and it is supposed that whilst the children amused themselves by gathering flowers near a pond, not Car from the brick-yard, the servant, who was near them, was seized with a fit, and fell into the water. The poor boy, who was particular!) , fond of her, called to his sister, saying " Sarah is in the water," and it is supposed went in, think ing he could assist her. The little girl ran with all speed to some man at Mr. Lidbetter's brewery, who were soon on the spot, and tcok the poor little boy home, where every means were made use of to restore animation, but without effect. The sister's distress for her brother was so great that for the moment she had forgotten the servant, when she recollected that " Sarah had fallen in too," and, after a while, she was also brought home a corpse. What adds to this distressing event is, that Mr. and Mrs. 'leeching had only lett home for town on Saturday last. The servant, we hear, was to have been married on Thursday next to a respectable young man, and a house, comfortably furnished, was ready for their reception.—Brighton Gazette. INTENDED MANCEUVRE OF NAPOLEON AT WA ersaLco.—" I had," resumed the Emperor, " combined a bold manoeuvre with the view of preventing the junction of the two hostile armies. I had combined my cavalry into a single corps of twenty thousand met:, and ordered it to rush into the midst of thc Prussian cantonments. This bold attack, which was executed on the 14th with the rapidity of light ning, seemed likely to decide the fate of the campaign. French troops never calculate the number of an enemy's force. They care not how they shed their blood in sucecess. They arc invincible in prosperity. Bat I was compelled to change my plan Instead of making an unex petted attack, I found m y se lf obliged to engage in a regular b a ttl e, h ay. i ,g opposed to me two combined armies, supported by immense reserves. The edemy's forces quadrupled the number of outs. I had calculated all the disadvantages of a regular battle. The infamous desertion of Bourmoat forced me to change all my arrangements. To pass over to the enemy on the eve of a battle ! Atrocious ! The blood of his f e llow c.untrymen to oil his head! The maledictions of France will pursue him."—Reculieclions of Caulincourt, Duke rg' Vicenza. There, are two steamers now plying daily, except Sundays, be-twee:ll :lye and Boulogne.